Updates
• NJIT Campus Gateway Project
• Developer selected for the Greek Village
• Four to six moving forward to locate in Greek Village
• JLL/St. Michael’s entered into Letter of Intent for parking
deck on MLK
• Faculty Separation Incentive Program (application period ends
6/30/2011)
• Faculty Performance-based Salary Increase Distribution
System
Governor’s Proposed FY12 Budget
• State: $29.4 billion (2.6% less than FY11)
• State needs to:
• Reduce taxes to spur job growth
• Reform pension and health benefits to assist in property tax
reduction
• Implement school reform (reward excellent teachers, more
charter schools)
• Halt further reductions in higher ed funding
Governor’s Proposed FY12 Budget
• Higher Education:
• Maintain FY11 base operating budgets level
• No tuition increase cap
• Increase Tuition Aid Grants by 9% ($27 million)
• Adjust other programs in Student Financial Assistance
(increase of 5.3%)
Governor’s Task Force on Higher Education
• Appointed May 7, 2010; charged with making
recommendations regarding State’s higher education
system
• Report released Jan 4, 2011; recommendations made
regarding governance, mission, finances, Rutgers,
UMDNJ, workforce/economic development
• Acknowledged NJIT as the State’s “only public institution
devoted primarily to advanced instruction and research in
applied science and technology”
Governor’s Task Force on Higher Education
• “As New Jersey’s largest city, Newark is integral to
educating our college students, healthcare providers,
and other professionals. Significant educational and
economic benefits would flow from a focused effort to
restructure and revitalize the components of UMDNJ
in Newark. New Jersey’s public research
institutions—Rutgers University and NJIT—must step
up and provide the leadership needed to provide the
resources and knowledge to achieve this essential
vision.
Executive Order #51
•
WHEREAS, unlike the vast majority of medical schools in
most other states which are affiliated with a research
university, UMDNJ is a free-standing institution and
has no affiliation with a research university;
•
Executive Order #51; establishes the UMDNJ Advisory
Committee
• Committee charged with examining delivery of medical
education in NJ and developing recommendations
Executive Order #51
•
Committee should recommend regarding the following:
• Whether RWJMS and the SPH should be merged with Rutgers
University’s New Brunswick-Piscataway campuses;
• Whether UMDNJ’s Newark based schools should be merged
with any of the senior public higher education institutions in
Newark;
• Whether UMDNJ’s South Jersey – based schools should be merged
with any of the senior public higher education institutions in South
Jersey;
• Whether NJIT should start its own medical school;
• How [graduate] medical education should be delivered in South
Jersey;
• Whether the various public nursing schools should merge;
Monday, February 21, 2011 12:00 AM; By NJBIZ Staff ; Summer Olstad
UMDNJ on life support
It’s not looking good for the survival of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of
New Jersey, which is in Chris Christie’s crosshairs.
Under the current working plan, the state would transfer University Hospital,
in Newark, to St. Barnabas Health Care System, which includes Newark
Beth Israel Medical Center. UMDNJ’s Newark medical school would move
to the New Jersey Institute of Technology, while Rutgers University would
get Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, in New Brunswick. The state
thus offloads the cost of operating University Hospital: Last year, New Jersey
appropriated $262.4 million for UMDNJ’s operations, and $192.9 million for
employee fringe benefits, according to UMDNJ’s financial statements.
David Samson is said to be Christie’s voice in these discussions, which
include key stakeholders such as Joe DiVincenzo and Ray Lesniak. Lesniak
has been in favor of a UMDNJ restructuring since it was first proposed by the
McGreevey administration. But most important is the push from the top: “The
governor wants to get rid of UMDNJ,” a source familiar with the process said.